Richard Stallman's personal site.

2013-08-24

My policy for links is that you should be able to follow the link and
see the article without identifying yourself. I don't reject a site
for asking general questions, such as your zip code, because I think
it is legitimate for you to give false answers. I don't reject a site on
account of other bad practices, such as sending nonfree Javascript
code to your browser, but you might want to customize your
browser to protect yourself. The LibreJS program will
do parts of the job.

NYTimes.com has a paywall, but it makes an exception for incoming links
(their so-called "social-media exception"). Due to this, it is okay to
link to articles on nytimes.com.

I don't link to pages that focus on videos, because (1) I don't watch
them and (2) they usually pressure viewers to run nonfree software.
(2) is a moral issue: it is wrong to lead people to run a nonfree
program. (1) is a practical issue: even when a video can be viewed
with free software, it takes more time than I can spare. Not having
seen the video, I can't recommend it.

I don't link to petitions that require running nonfree software
(such as
JavaScript code)
to sign. For instance, I do not link to change.org.
Please ask the management of change.org to fix that problem.

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